Comic Title: Detective Comics #157
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1950
Approx. On Sale Date: January 18, 1950 Copyright Date January 16, 1950
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1950
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Man Who Could See Tomorrow"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Roy Raymond (of Earth-1)

Artist: Dan Barry

Feature Character(s)

• Roy Raymond (last appearance in Detective Comics #156; next appearance in Detective Comics #158)

Supporting Character(s)

• Karen Duncan (last appearance in Detective Comics #156; next appearance in Detective Comics #158)

Villain(s)

• Professor John Gaylord and his men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Miles Blakely (a painter; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• James L. Brady (a Hollywood producer; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Professor John Gaylord claims to have invented a machine capable of predicting the future. The machine correctly predicts the conditions involved in the deaths of two men. Roy Raymond challenges Gaylord to predict his fate. The machine shows Roy a scene of his own death. The following day Roy narrowly avoids death from electrocution. Roy and police raid Gaylord house and discover evidence proving that the predictions were faked film footage. Gaylord killed the men in an attempt to make his machine credible and give him an opportunity to make millions predicting phony outcomes.